Israel FM accuses Palestinian Authority of aiding terror with ‘Pay-for-Slay’ after deadly attack

JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar blasted nan Palestinian Authority (PA) for emboldening coercion pinch its infamous "Pay-for-Slay" programme aft a Palestinian connected Friday murdered 2 Israelis.

Palestinian terrorists murdered 19-year-old Aviv Maor from Kibbutz Ein Harod and Mordechai Shimshon, 68, from Beit She’an connected Friday successful bluish Israel.

The Palestinian Authority "Pay-for-Slay" argumentation gained wide nationalist attraction erstwhile Taylor Force, a West Point postgraduate who served successful Afghanistan and Iraq, was savagely knifed to decease by a Palestinian violent connected March 8, 2016, while connected a circuit of Israel. President Donald Trump signed nan Taylor Force Act into rule successful October 2018, aft a vigorous run by Force's parents, Robbi and Stuart Force.

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Israeli information forces inspect nan segment wherever a conveyance was utilized by an assailant successful a suspected violent onslaught involving a car ramming and stabbing that killed 2 group successful Afula, bluish Israel, connected Dec. 26, 2025. (Gil Eliyahu/Reuters)

Prior to Friday’s violent attacks, Sa'ar issued warnings to nan world organization astir alleged Palestinian activity deception. He wrote connected X: "Don't judge Mahmoud Abbas' lies. The Palestinian Authority's payments to terrorists and their families haven't stopped. The PA decided to proceed its ‘Pay-for-Slay’ policy. This includes payments to nan families of ‘martyrs’ and injured terrorists, jailed terrorists and released terrorists.  The PA is besides disguising nan payments to nan released murderers arsenic payments to pensioners of nan Palestinian Security Services!   This is distorted.  End ‘Pay-for-Slay’ now!"

Abbas is nan 90-year-old chain-smoking president of nan Palestinian Authority successful nan West Bank (the region is known successful Israel by its biblical names of Judea and Samaria.)

Kobi Michael, a elder interrogator astatine Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, told Fox News Digital that contrary to Palestinian Authority claims astir stopping nan "Pay-for-Slay" program, location has been "no important alteration successful Palestinian Authority argumentation pinch respect to nan payments to terrorists."

Taylor Force was a West Point postgraduate who served successful Afghanistan and Iraq, and was pursuing his MBA astatine Vanderbilt University. His agleam early was savagely trim short connected March 8, 2016, erstwhile Taylor was stepping pinch his Vanderbilt friends on nan Mediterranean boardwalk promenade successful Tel Aviv, Israel. A Palestinian violent attacked nan group pinch a knife, and Taylor was stabbed to death. (Courtesy of nan Force Family)

He continued that "They are making noises arsenic if they are changing their policies." But he termed it a "façade" pinch nary alteration successful policy.

Michael said that "Pay-for-Slay will proceed successful a different manner. Donors and nan world organization [who finance nan PA] will find it much difficult to show it."

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The counter-terrorism expert, Michael, who is besides a chap astatine nan Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy, said nan PA "defines terrorists arsenic societal welfare. They proceed to support incitement against Israel. They proceed remaining dysfunctional."

According to a Dec. 19 study successful nan Times of Israel, a PA-linked statement –The Palestinian National Economic Empowerment Institution (also known arsenic Tamkeen) — disputed nan Israeli authorities declare that "Pay-for Slay" is still intact.

Tamkeen noted successful its connection that it "confirms that nan costs strategy linked to nan number of years of imprisonment has been wholly and permanently abolished and is nary longer successful effect successful immoderate way." It added that "Claims regarding its continuation autumn nether nan class of deliberate misinformation and falsification of facts."

Fox News Digital reached retired galore times to the Palestinian Authority for a remark and sent property queries to nan Palestinian National Economic Empowerment Institution (Tamkeen.)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets pinch then-President Joe Biden successful nan West Bank municipality of Bethlehem, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

When asked by Fox News Digital what philanthropist nations tin do to extremity "Pay-for-Slay," Michael said, "Be strict erstwhile it comes to financial donations," adding location are "many ways to unit nan Palestinian Authority."

He sharply criticized Western European leaders who recognized an independent Palestinian authorities successful 2025 without ensuring that nan authorities would beryllium a non-sponsor of terrorism. "Western leaders, nan British premier minister, nan French president and nan Spanish premier curate are rushing and moving to admit a Palestinian state, and they don’t attraction what takes spot nether nan Palestinian Authority successful nan territories." He said their nickname is "an inducement to proceed to 'Pay for Slay."’

Michael said the Trump administration is nan only 1 "applying unit connected nan Palestinian Authority."

A Palestinian violent from nan Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is seen carrying a limb during a subject parade successful nan Balata exile camp, eastbound of Nablus, successful nan bluish West Bank. (Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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He stressed that if nan U.S.-designated violent activity Hamas is not dismantled and disarmed successful Gaza, "it will beryllium different accomplishment of Hamas and nan Palestinian Authority."

The U.S. State Department and American Embassy successful Jerusalem did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital property queries.